Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-26
A Threatened Outbreak Exposed
by the Knights Of Labor
Organ.
A Riot in the Pennsylvania Coke Re
giOns-Several Persons In
jured.
Much Property Destroyed-An Anarchist
in Georgia Shot Down For melting
the Negroes.

CHICAGO, May 21.-The organ OF the
Knights OF Labor of this city pu blished last
evening q secret circular lately issued by
the international w orkingmen's Protective
Association in reference to the forming OF
small organizations throughout the city for
the "overturning of the whole social
fabric" and says: THAT the horIifying
scenes of the Haymarket massacre, which
took place on that memorable might one
year ago this month. are shortly to be re-
enacted, is a fact which will establish it
self clearly in the minds Of everybody.
The anarchists are reorganizing their
forces thFeughout the city. Secret meet
nngs are held nightly and inceudiary
speeches delivered by uRen who are UT
'terly devoid Of principle, as only a genuine
sanarchist,can be. Just where and at what
hour these meetings are being held can not
at present be determined, but that rev oiu-
tionaryimeasures are being adopted by the
international Workmen's Protective Asso-
citation is an undeniable fact. The utmost
secrecy is observed and to escape detection
only six members are allowed to be present
AZ any one meeting, thus avoiding all sHS-
picion which would be occasioned by the
gathering of a crowd DiSregarding the
fate of their so-called martyred comrades
they are contemplating plan of organlZa-
ton and attack which will invariably bring
about a repetition of the scenes enacted at
the Haymarket on the 4th day of last May.
The secret circular is addressed to.all men,
.bers of the International Workingmen's
Protective Association and shows the fol-
lowing plan of organization: "After the
first five are organized let them select
central organizer and separate again, each
individual starting another group of his
ooWn. By this system never more than six
will come together TSne organizer alone
becomes familiar with the twenty-five. So
.On and on until the city is honey
had rxyit6 into oh
detective can not penetrate beyond
"A very limited length.' The circular
concludes with these words: ''To-
ward our despoilerS we owe no love; we
claim no pity; we extend no olive branch.
Time presses. The necessity is urgent"
1t is alleged that the most rabid members
of the organization are In favor OF proVld-
ing themselves with bombs and other i'm
plements of warfare Prominent members
of the international order are known to be
in constant and secret communication with
Herr Most and under his advice a concen-
tration of all the force is now on foot in
this city and elsewhere.
RIOT IN THE COKE REGIONS.
EvERsoN, Pa, May Yesterday morn
ing mob of 300 striking miners, marching
in. body, and generally armed with blud-
geons, suddenly appeared in the coke
yard at the Jimtown works of Colonel
Schoonmaker, and without warning made
engaged in drawing coke from the ovens
which had been in the ovens since the
strike commenced Such of the labor
.ers as could not escape were cruel
ly beaten, one having both arms
broken and being so badly kicked
that his life is despaired of All the bar
rows and tools used in the works were de-
.stroyed Having effectual1y accomplished
their mission at Jimtown, the rioters
marched through Dawson and across the
Youghigheny river to the works OF James
Cochran & Sons, where the younger men,
tbers of the firm, assisted by some non-uniou
men, had watered out the ovens and drawn
the coke. Fortunately the hour was early
land no one was yet working, but the mob,
in the absence of human victims, wreaked
theirvengeance upon the coke wagons and
tools at these works, destroying all such
movable property they could lay their hands
,on. The riot was caused by An attempt on
the part of the operators to save the coke
NOW in the ovens. Thirty-five thousand
tons of coke, worth $50, OOo is being burned
up. Later the mob returned and made an
attack on the same works and several men
were quite seriously hurt A son Of the
proprietor was shot at a number OF times,
but escaped injury. 1t was learned yester-
day afternoon that some of the officials of
the labor organizations were blamed for the
wisit,of the morning. 1t is said that they
advocated such movement on the part of
the strikers. The mornings riot is likely
. to result. in wholesale arrests
AN ANARCHIST SHOE
AUGUSTA, Ga, May 21.-A man named
Hoover, who has been around the country
urging the negroes to band together to de-
mand higher wages and telling them to
apply the torch if the increase of wages
was refused, after a harangne at Warren
ton last night was dangerously shot by a
band of armed men. 1t is believed that he
has been. swindling the negroes and was a
. victim of their wrath. There is no clew to